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Red background with blue text reading "I still believe in Santa" and white pixelated reindeer/sleigh icons, two identical side-by-side

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Red background with blue text reading "I still believe in Santa" and white pixelated reindeer/sleigh icons, two identical side-by-side

Red background with blue text reading "I still believe in Santa" and white pixelated reindeer/sleigh icons, two identical side-by-side. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inte…

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  • background

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  • 8-bit graphics

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  • I sitll
  • believe in
  • Santa

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200811301236021887249450
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:44 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
605 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/dd/dd296e56a42411a4ec7507c6bfaca919f7a4f5ba1b938411748329f2cd559eca.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
dd296e56a42411a4
SHA-256
dd296e56a42411a4ec7507c6bfaca919f7a4f5ba1b938411748329f2cd559eca
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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
200811301236021887249450
Archive entry
200811301236021887249450.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:44 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#200811301236021887249450.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200811301236021887249450.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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