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Santa Claus in red suit with white trim and green sack, pixelated text reads 'SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN' on red background.

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Santa Claus in red suit with white trim and green sack, pixelated text reads 'SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN' on red background.

Santa Claus in red suit with white trim and green sack, pixelated text reads 'SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN' on red background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arc…

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Color

Source terms

Composition

  • quadrant layout
  • top-left white background
  • top-right red background with text
  • bottom-left red background with text
  • bottom-right gray background

Dense Caption

Pixel art Santa Claus wears a red coat with white fur trim, black belt, and red hat; holds a large green sack over shoulder. Text: 'SANTA CLAUS' in bold black letters on solid red background (top-right), 'IS COMING TO TOWN' in bold black letters on solid red background (bottom-left). Background divided into four quadrants with white top-left, red top-right, red bottom-left, and gray bottom-right. Santa's face has light skin tone, white beard, and brown hair visible under hat. Pixelation is consistent across all elements.

Description

  • Santa Claus in red suit with white trim and green sack, pixelated text reads 'SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN' on red background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200712221233281572720013
  • Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • aim
  • buddy-icons
  • holidays
  • humor

Named Entities

  • Santa Claus

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • santa claus pixel art
  • santa claus green sack
  • santa claus is coming to town text
  • red background santa claus
  • pixelated holiday icon

Visible Text

  • SANTA CLAUS
  • IS COMING TO TOWN

Wordwall

  • Santa Claus
  • red coat
  • white trim
  • green sack
  • black belt
  • pixel art
  • SANTA CLAUS text
  • IS COMING TO TOWN text
  • solid red background
  • gray quadrant

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712221233281572720013
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.8 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 UTC
Archive ID
a3bcfd421a2e0da0
SHA-256
a3bcfd421a2e0da0052d50ee777057bf5dd8859d7e1e6c13e8550645e5a54070
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:20 UTC
Run
1135
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sfw
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0.155741

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Santa Claus in red suit with white trim and green sack, pixelated text reads 'SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN' on red background.

Reviewed
July 31, 2026 at 03:47 UTC
Run
55
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,931 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,112, response 633

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Dense Caption

Pixel art Santa Claus wears a red coat with white fur trim, black belt, and red hat; holds a large green sack over shoulder. Text: 'SANTA CLAUS' in bold black letters on solid red background (top-right), 'IS COMING TO TOWN' in bold black letters on solid red background (bottom-left). Background divided into four quadrants with white top-left, red top-right, red bottom-left, and gray bottom-right. Santa's face has light skin tone, white beard, and brown hair visible under hat. Pixelation is consistent across all elements.

Description

  • Santa Claus in red suit with white trim and green sack, pixelated text reads 'SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN' on red background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

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  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200712221233281572720013
  • Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • aim
  • buddy-icons
  • holidays
  • humor

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  • Santa Claus

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  • santa claus is coming to town text
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  • pixelated holiday icon

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  • IS COMING TO TOWN

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  • white trim
  • green sack
  • black belt
  • pixel art
  • SANTA CLAUS text
  • IS COMING TO TOWN text
  • solid red background
  • gray quadrant
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Full source records (1)

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
200712221233281572720013
Archive entry
200712221233281572720013.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#200712221233281572720013.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712221233281572720013.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016