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Animated Santa Claus icon with red suit, white beard, and green mittens holding a gift box above "Santa ???" text over Christmas presents.

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Animated Santa Claus icon with red suit, white beard, and green mittens holding a gift box above "Santa ???" text over Christmas presents.

Animated Santa Claus icon with red suit, white beard, and green mittens holding a gift box above "Santa ???" text over Christmas presents. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from I…

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  • Santa
  • ???
  • Merry Christmas

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081209185715331401530
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.9 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d4/d43adb0fe9e1e7040cda4ae27878a2e2b204374ce0132730510ed319863f4d5f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d43adb0fe9e1e704
SHA-256
d43adb0fe9e1e7040cda4ae27878a2e2b204374ce0132730510ed319863f4d5f
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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
20081209185715331401530
Archive entry
20081209185715331401530.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#20081209185715331401530.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081209185715331401530.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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