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Red gift box with green ribbon on white background, pink text 'HO HO HO' and 'MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR' on black background.

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Red gift box with green ribbon on white background, pink text 'HO HO HO' and 'MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR' on black background.

Red gift box with green ribbon on white background, pink text 'HO HO HO' and 'MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR' on black background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inter…

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  • HO HO HO
  • MERRY CHRISTMAS and
  • HAPPY NEW YEAR

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712171655482105807281
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:05 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.7 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/fa/fa7b79d1cd84c4314e813f9f43e5e638e181e0e1e7ce6d7e317c8f0e057b2df0.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
fa7b79d1cd84c431
SHA-256
fa7b79d1cd84c4314e813f9f43e5e638e181e0e1e7ce6d7e317c8f0e057b2df0
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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
200712171655482105807281
Archive entry
200712171655482105807281.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:05 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#200712171655482105807281.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712171655482105807281.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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