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Pixelated Santa Claus image with red background and green text reading 'MERRY CHRISTMA', 'HO HO HO', and 'SANTA ROCKS'

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Pixelated Santa Claus image with red background and green text reading 'MERRY CHRISTMA', 'HO HO HO', and 'SANTA ROCKS'

Pixelated Santa Claus image with red background and green text reading 'MERRY CHRISTMA', 'HO HO HO', and 'SANTA ROCKS'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fra…

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  • MERRY CHRISTMA
  • HO HO HO
  • SANTA ROCKS

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200711251027591171773109
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:00 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c5/c5660e7405cd4599ac4c2cf4adba006b6722cf24b25ad935efb62a3577b335ef.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c5660e7405cd4599
SHA-256
c5660e7405cd4599ac4c2cf4adba006b6722cf24b25ad935efb62a3577b335ef
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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
200711251027591171773109
Archive entry
200711251027591171773109.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:00 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#200711251027591171773109.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711251027591171773109.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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