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Green background with scattered red pixels and white text reading 'Merry Christmas' in pixelated font across multiple instances.

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Green background with scattered red pixels and white text reading 'Merry Christmas' in pixelated font across multiple instances.

Green background with scattered red pixels and white text reading 'Merry Christmas' in pixelated font across multiple instances. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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  • Merry Christmas

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200812051004571810806568
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.2 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/44/440b042b63fe4c5d35e075b4a531de3e67c38e832a60e50274ae291ac8519b60.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
440b042b63fe4c5d
SHA-256
440b042b63fe4c5d35e075b4a531de3e67c38e832a60e50274ae291ac8519b60
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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
200812051004571810806568
Archive entry
200812051004571810806568.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 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#200812051004571810806568.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200812051004571810806568.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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