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Red and green gradient background with pixelated text reading "it is christmas eve!! Santa comes tonight!!" in four identical quadrants.

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Red and green gradient background with pixelated text reading "it is christmas eve!! Santa comes tonight!!" in four identical quadrants.

Red and green gradient background with pixelated text reading "it is christmas eve!! Santa comes tonight!!" in four identical quadrants. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Int…

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  • it is
  • christmas
  • eve!! Santaeve!! Santa
  • comes
  • tonight!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712241127021532970487
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.8 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/6a/6a1cf822fcb1f645f31e2a55db24a9f4e28c7bae1e848ad397de79fae39ce1ab.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6a1cf822fcb1f645
SHA-256
6a1cf822fcb1f645f31e2a55db24a9f4e28c7bae1e848ad397de79fae39ce1ab
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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
200712241127021532970487
Archive entry
200712241127021532970487.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 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#200712241127021532970487.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712241127021532970487.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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