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In the video, Mahwish Raja (@mahwishraja) opens a cake box that reveals a vanilla-frosted cake decorated with mixed berries. In blue frosting are the words, “Happy Birthday Ramadan Mubarak.” ...

For decades, the song “Happy Birthday to You,” which had originally been composed by Patty Smith Hill and Mildred J. Hill as a good morning welcome for elementary students, had been ...