Interactive Christmas Tree
Abstract
๐ Interactive Christmas Tree A festive, interactive web application featuring a hand-drawn canvas Christmas tree and a full multi-track music synthesizer! ๐
โจ Live Demo โข Report Bug โข Request Feature โจ Features ๐ Canvas-Rendered Tree - A detailed, layered Christmas tree drawn in real time with a textured trunk, jagged pine layers, procedural branches, and snow-capped edges โ๏ธ Falling Snow - Toggle a continuously generated, realistic snowfall animation ๐ก Twinkling Lights - 50 spiraling, color-cycling lights with a glowing flicker effect ๐จ Animated Ornaments - Glossy, pulsing ornaments with highlights, shadows, and a glow halo across 8 colors ๐ Add Ornament - Place new decorations dynamically anywhere on the tree with a floating note burst โญ Animated Star - Glowing, pulsing golden star topper ๐ต Advanced Music System - A built-in synthesizer that plays 5 full Christmas carols with layered melody, harmony, and bass tracks ๐ผ Song Selector - Choose from Jingle Bells, O Christmas Tree, Silent Night, Deck the Halls, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas ๐ Auto-Rotate Playlist - Songs automatically advance to the next carol until you pick one manually ๐ Music Visualizer - An animated equalizer bar display synced to playback ๐ Gift Boxes - Bouncing wrapped presents with golden bows at the tree base ๐ฑ Responsive Design - Canvas and layout adapt fluidly to any screen size ๐ Quick Start Option 1: Visit Online ๐ ChristmasTreej.github.io Option 2: Run Locally # Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/ChristmasTreej/ChristmasTreej.github.io.git # Open index.html in your browser cd ChristmasTreej.github.io open index.html Option 3: Download Download the ZIP file and open index.html in any modern browser. ๐ฎ Usage Interactive Controls: โ๏ธ Toggle Snow - Turn the snowfall animation on/off ๐ก Toggle Lights - Turn the twinkling Christmas lights on/off ๐ต Play Music - Start/stop the music player (button switches to โน๏ธ Stop Music) ๐ Add Ornament - Add a new colorful ornament to the tree Song Selection: ๐ Jingle Bells ๐ฒ O Christmas Tree ๐ Silent Night โ Deck the Halls ๐
We Wish You a Merry Christmas ๐ก While music plays, songs auto-rotate through the playlist. Selecting a song manually stops auto-rotation and plays your choice on repeat. ๐ผ How the Music Works The app uses the Web Audio API to synthesize music entirely in the browser โ no audio files required. Each song is defined as note data (melody, harmony, and bass) and rendered through custom instrument synthesis: Bell Tone - Additive harmonic synthesis for the lead melody Glockenspiel - Bright overtones on sustained notes Pad - Detuned sawtooth voices with a lowpass filter for warm harmony Bass - Triangle + sine layered tone with a lowpass filter Sleigh Bells - Filtered noise bursts for a festive percussive rhythm Reverb & Compression - A convolution reverb and dynamics compressor for a polished, spacious mix
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 14 July 2026