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"Many happy returns" is a greeting which is used by some on birthdays, and by others in response to "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year". Since the 18th century this has been used as a salutation to offer the hope that a happy day being marked would recur many more times. It is now primarily used, by some, on birthdays. Prior to the mid-19th century, it was used at any celebratory or festive event. The phrase is more common in British English, Indian English, Hiberno English and to some degree in Canadian English than in American English.
Current usage is often as a more formal option than "Happy Birthday". It is also often found on greetings cards.
Its earliest attributable use was by Lady Newdigate in a letter written in 1789 (and published in Newdigate-Newdegate Cheverels in 1898)

Many happy returns of þe day to us my Dr Love
The letter was written in London on 31 May 1789 by Hester Margaretta, Lady Newdigate, to her husband, Sir Roger Newdigate, 5th Baronet, and refers to a wish for their wedding day.
A much earlier reference is found in Joseph Addison's newspaper The Freeholder:

The usual Salutation to a Man upon his Birth-day among the ancient Romans was Multos & foelices; in which they wished him many happy Returns of it.
An alternative explanation is that "returns" here is used in the sense of "yield" or "profit", as in "investment returns". Therefore, "many happy returns of the day" would be a wishing a person a rewarding day, full of happiness. This use has been traced back to Joseph Addison in 1716.




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Many happy returns is a greeting, often for birthdays.
Many Happy Returns may also refer to:




Television


"Many Happy Returns" (The Prisoner), a 1967 episode of the British television series The Prisoner
"Many Happy Returns" (Diagnosis Murder), a 1994 episode of the American television series Diagnosis Murder
"Many Happy Returns" (Eureka), a 2006 episode of the American television series Eureka
"Many Happy Returns" (Person of Interest), an episode of the American television drama series Person of Interest
Many Happy Returns (TV series), a 1964–1965 American television series
Many Happy Returns to Lazarus, a 2004 television documentary about Simon Lazarus
"Many Happy Returns", an episode of the animated television series Timothy Goes to School
"Many Happy Returns", an episode of the BBC sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart
"Many Happy Returns", an episode of the television series Ben 10: Omniverse
"Many Happy Returns" (Sherlock), a 2013 "mini-sode" of the BBC television series Sherlock
"Happy Returns", a 1985 episode of the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses




Film


Many Happy Returns (1922 film), a 1922 black-and-white silent short subject starring Vera White
Many Happy Returns (1934 film), a 1934 film starring George Burns and Gracie Allen
Many Happy Returns (1986 film), a 1986 TV movie starring George Segal and Ron Leibman
Kyôso tanjô (English: Many Happy Returns), a 1993 Japanese comedy starring Takeshi Kitano
Many Happy Returns (1996 animated film), Director/Animator Marjut Rimminen




Other


Many Happy Returns: The Hits, a 1992 greatest hits collection by singer Gary Glitter
"Many Happy Returns", a song by Inspiral Carpets from the album Life
"Many Happy Returns", a song by ABC from the album The Lexicon of Love
"Many Happy Returns", a story arc in the 1996 Supergirl series by Peter David and Gary Frank
Many Happy Returns, a 1942 comedy book on the income tax by Groucho Marx
Happy Returns (company), an American software and reverse logistics company
"Happy Returns", a song by Steven Wilson from the album Hand. Cannot. Erase.
The Happy Return, the first of the Horatio Hornblower novels by C. S. Forester

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