As you stroll down Delaware Avenue in Palmerton, taking in the string lights and snowflakes that adorn the park, you may just hear some seasonal sounds as you approach the 300 block.

Don’t worry, you aren’t imagining it — Bob’s Flower Shop is broadcasting the holiday hits for the whole community.“I always play it when they put the lights up,” owner Bob Everett said. “I put it on when they were putting the trees up in the park, too.”Everett has been playing Christmas classics throughout the winter for about 46 years, almost as long as he has owned the place.“I just decided to put a speaker out, and play some LPs on the record player,” Everett said of the tradition’s origin. “Nowadays, we use CDs since it’s a little easier.”From about 9 a.m. until closing time, you can expect to hear Bing Crosby crooning “White Christmas,” or perhaps a cheery rendition of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” sounding from the shop’s speakers.While he could start the tunes earlier, Everett tries to be considerate of his neighbors.“I don’t want to blast the people out of their apartments,” he said with a smile.Friends and shop patrons love to hear the holiday music, and along with the local decorations it seems to set the mood for the season.“It’s wonderful,” Milt Stemler said as he relaxed in Bob’s. “Once you hear the music, it gets you in the spirit.”People passing by the storefront agreed.“I was surprised,” Carol Badman said as she passed by Bob’s. “I don’t come to Palmerton very often, and I was walking up the street when I heard it. I thought, ‘That’s great, I love it.’ ”Everett has been known to be something of a seasonal disc jockey, playing tunes for holidays and special events. On Halloween the speakers crank out eerie effects, and for marches that honor veterans, Everett tries to play military branch themes.While the Christmas tunes will play straight up until the holiday, Everett has had requests for an extended season.“One guy, he wanted me to keep going ‘til Russian Christmas, which is two weeks later,” he said. Everett told the man that the only problem was that he did not have any Russian Christmas music. “I said to him, bring some up, and I’ll play it!”And how about spinning “Auld Lang Syne” to ring in the New Year?“I don’t have it!” Everett said with a laugh. “I thought of doing that, but I don’t have that on CD!”Though if he gets a copy, you can be sure that he will play it from Dec. 31 to Jan. 1 — possibly without a break.Until then, if you find yourself walking through Palmerton and you hear Frank Sinatra singing “Silent Night” as you pass 340 Delaware Ave., stop in Bob’s Flower Shop and thank Everett for putting you in the holiday spirit. Video from the store:

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