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AlexaFor you Birthday, Jacob wanted to share with you a special message. 'Hi Mom, we want to wish you a very happy birthday. And we want you to know that we think you're a great mom, not just on your birthday, but every day of the year.'

The text on both the front of the card and the inside of the card are usually fully editable for free. You can use our suggested birthday wishes, or you can come up with your own. Having trouble deciding on what you should write? Well, our team has put together some resources to help you with some ideas for happy birthday wishes.

This week, America marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day: a national holiday celebrating the life and legacy of the great civil rights leader. As our way of honoring Dr. King, we're telling the story of "Happy Birthday." That would be the version that's often called "the black happy birthday song," the version written and originally performed by Stevie Wonder. It's a tribute to MLK, and it will always be associated with the 15-year effort to designate this national holiday.

As a young boy, Stevie Wonder first heard about MLK during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. At age 15 he was thrilled to meet Dr. King and shake his hand, and like so many Americans Wonder was devastated to hear of the inspiring leader's assassination in 1968.

Wonder attended King's funeral, and soon joined Rep. John Conyers in support of a bill that would declare a national holiday in King's honor. The idea quickly gained momentum, but it would take years of tireless effort to pass the law, due to opposition by people like Sen. Jesse Helms, who painted King as a lawless communist.

While labor unions turned up the political heat, Wonder revisited a song called "Happy Birthday." He wrote the song after he set out to record the traditional birthday song for King, then realized he didn't know the music to that version. Being Stevie Wonder, he decided to just whip up his own birthday song, with lyrics paying tribute to MLK.

With the election of Jimmy Carter in 1976, America had a president who owed a debt to labor unions, and he endorsed the bill to name Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Even that wasn't enough. Sensing that the tide was turning, Wonder recorded his version of "Happy Birthday" to include on his 1981 album Hotter Than July.

Wonder also rallied for the holiday, appearing alongside King's widow Coretta Scott King. He planned a four-month tour to publicize the drive for MLK Day, with a rally on the National Mall to cap the tour. Bob Marley was originally scheduled to be Wonder's tourmate, but the illness that would ultimately kill the reggae star made that an impossibility. Instead, poet and songwriter Gil Scott-Heron filled in. The tour was full of powerful moments, including one of unexpected poignancy when John Lennon was killed and Wonder had to make an announcement from the stage.

The movement to name MLK Day finally succeeded in 1983, but not without a final burst of drama as Helms actually mounted a filibuster to block the bill. President Ronald Reagan had long been on record opposing the new national holiday, but public pressure had mounted to the point that he reversed himself and signed the bill after it passed the Senate, 78 to 22. "It's a tyranny of the majority!" cried Helms.

Stevie Wonder has continued to sing his version of "Happy Birthday," which has been embraced as a civil rights anthem and a celebration of hope, particularly among African-Americans. With all due respect to Patty and Mildred Hill (and the Beatles), if you want to bring down the house with a happy-birthday song, it's hard to beat Stevie's.

First, choose a birthday video template and select the 9:16 ratio aspect. Then, upload your favorite pictures and videos, write a happy birthday message, choose a song, and download the video. It's ready to share on TikTok!

With Animoto, turning your photos into a beautiful birthday video is easy. Simply upload your photos to the Animoto online birthday video maker and drop them into your favorite template. Customize the colors, music, text, and more to make a truly unique B-day video!

There are many ways to wish your loved one a happy birthday! Check out our blog for silly and sweet birthday quote ideas you can include in your video, or record your own personalized message with the Voice-over feature!

Give your loved one a good laugh on their birthday by making a funny birthday video! This blog offers 19 creative and funny birthday video ideas, but when in doubt, blooper reels and outtakes are sure to make them smile.

Animoto makes it easy to make a birthday video. Just choose from a pre-built template or start from scratch. Then upload your favorite shots, write out a message, and finish it off with a song from our music library.

Our friends are with us throughout all life's ups and downs. Celebrate that close bond with one of these happy birthday images for friends. Throw in a special memory the two of you have shared for bonus points!

Check out these free printable birthday cards to print and fold at home. You can even color some of these printable cards yourself, which makes them great for a one-of-a-kind birthday card that your kids can help you design.

Any birthday is special, but some are extra special! Use our age-specific happy birthday images, messages, quotes, poems, and jokes to wish your friends and family members an extra-special birthday on their big day!

With a huge choice of color palettes, and lots of ideas for poster text, you can personalize these posters as much or as little as you wish. Easy to format and download at home, they're a great gift for a milestone birthday.

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