Palmerton residents worried that their favorite Christmas classics would no longer blare throughout the downtown can breath a sigh of relief:

The spirit of the holiday season is alive and well, according to the individual who purchased the former Bob’s Floral Shop at 340 Delaware Ave.

Jared Klass, of Ashfield, is the new owner of the building and said he’s aware that people in the town are concerned about the Christmas music.

Klass took to the Facebook group Palmerton Here and Now and posted an update on the situation.

“Yes, I will continue the tradition of Christmas music,” Klass said. “I am hoping to have the new speakers installed in the next week or two.

“I’m in the middle of an extensive renovation, including a complete electrical upgrade. Once that is finished, I will have the speakers installed and music playing.”

In the meantime, Klass said he appreciates everyone’s patience.

“I hope everyone can understand my position and respect my timeline as the building was literally gutted from the basement to the ceilings,” he posted. “As I won’t be opening until the new year, I’ll do my best to have the spirit of Christmas ringing through the park soon enough. Thanks for your patience and happy holidays!”

Contacted Monday afternoon, Klass said the building will soon be transformed into The Guild Tattoo Company, which he hopes to open in January.

Klass, who started tattooing for Endless Ink on First Street in Lehighton, said he most recently worked for Instattoosionalized Tattoos and Piercings in Northampton.

“I figured now was the right time to kind of expand my business and have a storefront of my own,’ Klass said. “Working in the tattoo industry about 12 years now, I decided it was in my best interests.”

Klass explained they were originally looking for properties in the area for lease or rent.

“This just happened to be for me,” he said. “We loved the location being right across from the park.”

Klass said Bob Everett, the longtime owner of the former Bob’s Floral Shop, had one stipulation when he agreed to sell the building to him: The Christmas music must stay.

“When I met with Bob about actually buying the building, he said we can make a sales agreement here, but only under one condition,” he said. “We’ll do some upgrades; I got some new speakers to kind of clear the sound up and make it more clear.”

Klass said he believes it’s important to keep the Christmas music intact.

“I think the values of the community, and the heritage of having music played for the past 50 yeas, I think it’s important to carry that on,” he said. “With today’s society changing at the pace it is, (I feel it’s important to) keep the old values of the community and the store and continue it.”

Everett opened the former Bob’s Floral Shop on April 4, 1969.

He closed the business several months ago.

For nearly as long as he owned the business, Everett played Christmas classics.