Holiday Hidden Message

Evil gun-wielding code-breaking
robo-santa from Futurama

Greetings and happy holidays!  Everyone has gone home for the break, so we will be taking a break from the grossly misnamed "Problem of the Week" for a while.  Instead, here's a "Christmas Code" I made up for a friend.  Figure it out and win the respect of strangers on the Internet!  Largely unhelpful hints after the break.

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Hint 1:  Apple, pumpkin, pecan, ...

Hint 2:  Paul Revere