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A NSW council is facing backlash after it banned a decade-old Christmas tradition to display a nativity scene donated by the suburb's former mayor and 'favourite son'.
Mosman Municipal Council, which is the local government area on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, announced it would no longer display the nativity scene in its council chambers' foyer on Military Rd, Spit Junction.
Anthony Lopez, whose late dad Dom served as Mosman Mayor for five terms and was the one who donated the nativity scene, said the council were 'grinches' for refusing to display it.
'He [my dad] donated the nativity scene to Mosman council knowing that it would be a yearly tradition,' Mr Lopez told 2GB on Wednesday.
'He'd be turning in his grave. He'd be disgusted that one of the true meanings behind Christmas can't be celebrated.'
The nativity scene (STOCK IMAGE) was donated to Mosman Council, which is the local government area on the Lower North Shore of Sydney,by former five-time mayor Dom Lopez
Dom Lopez died in 2012, four years after he donated the nativity scene to the community.
The former mayor, who is affectionately remembered as Mosman's favourite son, donated it and asked for it to be displayed publicly for everyone to 'enjoy', according to the council's
