A Note to Our Customers

December 15, 2004
With an update September 1, 2006

Dear Customers,

Our family has been making candles since the mid 1970's. It all started with a candle kit given to me by my parents for my12th birthday. For some reason my dad tinkered with its contents instead of me. It wasn't long before he had mom's kitchen over run with pots of wax, scents, and candle molds, (yes we used the frozen orange juice container too!) Soon mom banished him to the basement, were he could work at will, uninterrupted.
A bricklayer by trade, he would come home after a hard day's work, and start the long tedious work of developing a high quality candle product. Many of the products, colors, and scent schematics we have today were developed at that time.

Even though I never tinkered with the contents of my birthday present, I did have a knack for selling what my dad produced. We fashioned a box, put a strap on it and I lugged it around the neighborhood selling my dad's wares. Dad continued making candles selling them wherever he could. I started American Candle Classics in 1989 as a mail order business, figuring that if people liked our products here in good ol' Allentown, PA, they would like them anywhere. We continued to grow in the 90's, and along with the rise of the Internet, created an online presence for customers to order easily and have their candles shipped right to their home. To this day if you Google American Candles we come up as number one.

In October of 2002 my father was diagnosed with stomach cancer. He underwent surgery that removed his entire stomach. While recovery looked promising for a while, his health has deteriorated recently. My dad's name is James and we ask that you keep him in your thoughts and prayers this Christmas.

Due to these circumstances we have decided to suspend operations at this time. Until we can provide the level of service American Candle Classics' customers are used to receiving and have orders shipped in a timely manner we will cease operations. Thanks for all your wonderful comments about our candles over the years and we hope and pray for a full recovery of my father very soon.

September 1, 2006 update - We recently just learned that my dad's cancer has returned, you can read more about it here. We will be keeping this site up and transition it to an affliate site portal for Candles, Home Decor, Gifts, Flowers, Books, Clothing, and much, more. Come visit, and if you want to purchase an item from one of our affliates, simply click on the affliate and if you do make a purchase we will make a small percentage off your sale. It will cost you nothing, and it will in some small way keep a small income stream for this business, which in turn will help support my parents in their golden years. As in the past, we appreciate your business.

Sincerely yours,

Steven W. Riedy
American Candle Classics
Comments: Email Steve@AmericanCandleClassics.com