Tag: Crowds gathered around Parliament Oak School in Niagara-on-the-Lake on Wednesday to protest the property being sold to private developers. (Richard Harley/Niagara Now)

It was reminiscent of the final scene in The Grinch Who Stole Christma, as a crowd of around 150 people, young and old, gathered hand-in-hand around Parliament Oak School two days after Christmas to protest the selling of the property.