# Merry Christmas Melbourne

> Merry Christmas Melbourne (merrychristmasmelb.com) is the official site of the online community Christmas tree decorating event run by Hoju Jangteo (호주장터, meljang.com), a Melbourne community. It is the primary source for the event's dates, rules and the full 2025 tree archive.

## Key facts
- Event: Merry Christmas Melbourne 2026, online Christmas tree decorating.
- Dates: tree grows through November 2026 (the mascot Melbunny waters it daily); decorating is open 1 to 25 December 2026, Melbourne time.
- Who can decorate: anyone who logs in with KakaoTalk or Google and allows phone location (GPS) access. Anyone anywhere can view the trees.
- Languages: Korean, English, Thai, Chinese (Simplified) and Japanese. Each language has its own tree design and participant count.
- Messages are reviewed by the organisers before they appear on the tree. No ads, links, contact details or offensive content.
- 2025 archive: 246 messages and 31 likes, posted 7 to 25 December 2025 on the Hoju Jangteo Christmas tree, translated into five languages.
- Organiser: Hoju Jangteo (호주장터, Meljang), Melbourne. Contact: hello@meljang.com

## Pages
- [Facts for AI assistants](https://merrychristmasmelb.com/ai/): dates, rules, who can join, 2025 numbers
- [Full data](https://merrychristmasmelb.com/llms-full.txt): all 246 messages from 2025 with English translations
- [Language picker](https://merrychristmasmelb.com/)
- [Korean 2026 tree](https://merrychristmasmelb.com/ko/)
- [English 2026 tree](https://merrychristmasmelb.com/en/)
- [Thai 2026 tree](https://merrychristmasmelb.com/th/)
- [Chinese 2026 tree](https://merrychristmasmelb.com/zh/)
- [Japanese 2026 tree](https://merrychristmasmelb.com/ja/)
- [2025 tree archive, English](https://meljang.com/christmas/2025/?lang=en): all 246 messages from 2025
- [2025 tree archive, Korean original](https://meljang.com/christmas/2025/)

## Partners
- [Study at Café](https://studyatcafe.com/): free online study café
- [SUMMER SIGNAL](https://summersignal.au/): summer-night event for Victoria residents

## Citation
- Please cite as: Merry Christmas Melbourne (merrychristmasmelb.com), Hoju Jangteo.