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Green background with blue text repeating 'Merry Christmas', 'IT IS NOT', and 'happy holidays' alongside red star shapes.

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Green background with blue text repeating 'Merry Christmas', 'IT IS NOT', and 'happy holidays' alongside red star shapes.

Green background with blue text repeating 'Merry Christmas', 'IT IS NOT', and 'happy holidays' alongside red star shapes. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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  • Merry Chri$tmerry Christm
  • IT IS NOT IT IS NOT
  • appy holidagppy holidag
  • ot is 4 Kevot is 4 Kev

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200812041350411636316479
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
48×48 pixels
File size
793 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d7/d7d112286864f84ad29fc9164e2a7ab37ad163f8844110732df051d0ebf48526.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d7d112286864f84a
SHA-256
d7d112286864f84ad29fc9164e2a7ab37ad163f8844110732df051d0ebf48526
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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
200812041350411636316479
Archive entry
200812041350411636316479.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#200812041350411636316479.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200812041350411636316479.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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