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Pixelated Santa Claus image with red background and green text reading "MERRY CHRISTMAS" and "HOHOHO RIP DAVID WE MISS YOU!!!!!!!".

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Pixelated Santa Claus image with red background and green text reading "MERRY CHRISTMAS" and "HOHOHO RIP DAVID WE MISS YOU!!!!!!!".

Pixelated Santa Claus image with red background and green text reading "MERRY CHRISTMAS" and "HOHOHO RIP DAVID WE MISS YOU!!!!!!!". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • MERRY CHRISTMAS
  • HOHOHO
  • RIP DAVID
  • WE MISS YOU
  • !!!!!!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712111719311299550676
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:04 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/19/19458549731f1d5facfd49f6cd57ee8418808d71244923280049fa8a412bd571.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
19458549731f1d5f
SHA-256
19458549731f1d5facfd49f6cd57ee8418808d71244923280049fa8a412bd571
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
200712111719311299550676
Archive entry
200712111719311299550676.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:04 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712111719311299550676.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712111719311299550676.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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