The city of Palm Coast now has 40 light displays set up for the holidays.

For the Butlers, looking at the light display of an angel in Central Park gives them peace.

“I see her every night. It’s just nice to have her presence in some way,” said Bill Butler.

“I wear a cross on my neck, I see the angels. It helps me know that she’s with God,” said Libbie Butler

Their daughter Tiffany passed away from a rare heart condition at 17 years old in 2002.

The couple said all she wanted was a light display like one she fell in love with in Indiana during a family vacation in their hometown.

“Then she kept telling Bill, do this, Dad,” said Libbie Butler.


The Butlers see this angel light display as a reminder of their daughter. They say it gives them peace. (Brittany Jones, Staff)

Butler said it was an expensive task but he asked the local Rotary Club to help him do it in her name.

Now 13 years later, 40 displays full of colorful lights are stretched across the park, and thousands of visitors from as far as Georgia and South Carolina have come to visit.

It’s Tiffany’s dream come true.

Dozens of sponsors and businesses made the light display possible. Since the display started 10 years ago, more than $200,000 have been donated to local charities. Butler said it’s a boost for the charities and a way for people to remember their daughter’s smiling face.

“Every year somebody puts a rose at the base of the display in her remembrance. I don't know who it is but it touches my heart,” said Butler. 

The Fantasy Lights display is open through Dec. 30. Admission is free for everyone, but they’re asking for donations. Butler says so far they’ve donated to at least 15 charities.