Euhukoan Birthday Traditions

There are quite a few different birthday traditions spanning the Euhukoa Empire, but the following are the most common and widespread.
For people living in rural areas or those of little means, only the smallest children receive material gifts for their birthdays. These gifts are usually simple and quite often things they need such as new clothes or shoes but toys crafted by their parents or older siblings are prevalent as well. They will also get their favourite meal for dinner and perhaps even a dessert and this part of the tradition continues for all ages even when they are old enough not to receive other gifts. Instead of gifts when people get older, usually in their teenage years, they might get the day off from doing one or more of their chores.
There is one tradition that is observed not only by people of little means but also those who can afford giving gifts at older ages. Family and friends will approach the birthday person throughout the day or gather in the evening for a meal and tell stories about an experience they've had with the person sometime during the last year. It can be a story that shows them off in a great light or a more tongue in cheek one, but it must be heartfelt and show their appreciation for the birthday person.
That being said, for people with more money the gift giving does continue on from childhood all the way up until the day they die and is sometimes seen as the only thing that really matters, especially for spoiled teenagers who don't want to have to listen to a bunch of stories told by boring relatives. The gifts can be more practical like the ones poor families give to their children but the more affluent families usually get all of that throughout the years and are instead giving each other beautiful or superfluous thing that show off status. They are also wont to throwing lavish parties where guests aren't necessarily required to have a gift for the person being celebrated but it is seen as rude not to give one.