Reads the contents of a list of files of json objects and combines
    them into one large json object.

def read_emote_mappings(json_obj_files=[]):
    """ Reads the contents of a list of files of json objects and combines
    them into one large json object. """
    super_json = {}
    for fname in json_obj_files:
        with open(fname) as f:
            super_json.update(json.loads(f.read().decode('utf-8')))
    return super_json