A couple are lighting up their home with over 40,000 lights in tribute to their daughter, who tragically died after giving birth to her second child.
Jessica Mai Walden, 28, from Bramford died in 2021 after her second daughter was born.
Her parents, Julie and Neil Stout, of Purdis Farm near Ipswich, have set up the lights and are raising funds for the third year in a row for the St Elizabeth Hospice, a charity close to her heart, in her memory.
They have been adding to the display every year and Mr Stout said: “I hope she would be proud of the display, but it is all still very raw and emotional.
“There were about 41,000 lights on and last year there was only around 25,000. We were both concerned that when we switched the lights on if everything would come on, but it all did.”
He added: “With all the traffic problems we still had a good turnout. There were probably about 40 or 50 people here.”
The couple have set up an online fundraising page for the hospice and Mr Stout said the total they had raised was already over £300.
This year there is also a special new addition to the tribute.
Mr Stout explained: “We’ve set up a Santa’s grotto around the side of the house.
"The gate for that is going to be open from 4:30-7:30 every evening and there’s going to be surprise little gifts for the children free of charge everyday up until January 5.”
His granddaughter Kensi, 11, will be helping him hand out the presents when she has the time.
Jessica, who was already mum to two-year-old Elsie, gave birth to her second daughter, Orla Mai Anne, on May 7 at Ipswich Hospital.
Sadly, she died in the early hours of May 9. All her family and friends described her as "beautiful inside and out".
There was a huge outpouring of love online following Jessica's passing, and heartfelt tributes were paid at her funeral in July that year.
Click here for the fundraising page.
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