There’s been a lot of controversy in the past couple of weeks about the decision made by several local counties to move the celebration of Halloween from the traditional date, October 31, which fell this year on Sunday, to Saturday, October 30. The outrage evident in some of the letters published on the editorial page of the Roanoke Times would lead a person to think that some sort of sacrilege had been committed, some grave violation (pardon the pun) of time-honored tradition. And some have pointed the finger of blame at the church, although it’s my understanding that the churches made no DEMANDS on their respective local governing bodies but simply requested that the change be made to accommodate those churches which have regularly scheduled Sunday evening activities. I know that Hallowe…