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New Year’s gifts (otoshi-dama) are money or goods given to celebrate the New Year. Nowadays, it is used to refer to the custom of giving money, especially to children, and the meaning of money. It is characterized by the fact that it is given by a superior to a junior.
Children receive an average of about $300 for this New Year’s gift.
This is several times more than their monthly money from their parents, so they must be very happy.
お年玉（おとしだま、御年玉）は、新年を祝う
ために贈られる金品のこと。現在では特に子供に金銭を与える習慣及びその金銭の意で用いられている。目上の者が目下の者に贈るのが特徴。
子供たちはこのお年玉で平均300ドル位もらえます。
お小遣いの数倍なのでそりゃー嬉しいですよね。