Interactive Christmas Tree

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Authors: Kolesnikova, Yuliya
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Abstract

๐ŸŽ„ Interactive Christmas Tree A festive, interactive web application featuring a hand-drawn canvas Christmas tree and a full multi-track music synthesizer! ๐ŸŽ…โœจ Live Demo โ€ข Report Bug โ€ข Request Feature โœจ Features ๐ŸŽ„ 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 ๐Ÿ’ก Twinkling Lights - 50 spiraling, color-cycling lights with a glowing flicker effect ๐ŸŽจ Animated Ornaments - Glossy, pulsing ornaments with highlights, shadows, and a glow halo across 8 colors ๐ŸŽ Add Ornament - Place new decorations dynamically anywhere on the tree with a floating note burst โญ Animated Star - Glowing, pulsing golden star topper ๐ŸŽต Advanced Music System - A built-in synthesizer that plays 5 full Christmas carols with layered melody, harmony, and bass tracks ๐ŸŽผ Song Selector - Choose from Jingle Bells, O Christmas Tree, Silent Night, Deck the Halls, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas ๐Ÿ” Auto-Rotate Playlist - Songs automatically advance to the next carol until you pick one manually ๐Ÿ“Š Music Visualizer - An animated equalizer bar display synced to playback ๐ŸŽ Gift Boxes - Bouncing wrapped presents with golden bows at the tree base ๐Ÿ“ฑ Responsive Design - Canvas and layout adapt fluidly to any screen size ๐Ÿš€ Quick Start Option 1: Visit Online ๐Ÿ‘‰ 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. ๐ŸŽฎ Usage Interactive Controls: โ„๏ธ Toggle Snow - Turn the snowfall animation on/off ๐Ÿ’ก Toggle Lights - Turn the twinkling Christmas lights on/off ๐ŸŽต Play Music - Start/stop the music player (button switches to โน๏ธ Stop Music) ๐ŸŽ Add Ornament - Add a new colorful ornament to the tree Song Selection: ๐Ÿ”” Jingle Bells ๐ŸŒฒ O Christmas Tree ๐ŸŒ™ Silent Night โ›„ Deck the Halls ๐ŸŽ… We Wish You a Merry Christmas ๐Ÿ’ก While music plays, songs auto-rotate through the playlist. Selecting a song manually stops auto-rotation and plays your choice on repeat. ๐ŸŽผ 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

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
14 July 2026