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Thanks Dyno.

MANY HAPPY RETURNS. Up until the 19th century this was a New Year’s Day and even April Fool’s Day greeting as well as a birthday greeting that it exclusively is today. What the words wish, of course, is that the happy day returns again many times, not the hope that one will get many ‘returns’ or birthday presents, as some children think.

~Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins

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