The alteration of the route of the Parade of Lights could have been handled better, but it's hard for anyone to rely on tradition as an argument for the longer route.For its first four years the annual Christmas parade's route bypassed every Gardnerville business by traveling from the Senior Center down Douglas Avenue and then on to Minden.We agree that most of the businesses on Main Street down at Waterloo are probably OK with the parade route's change.And we're sympathetic with the downtown businesses, which not only won't be on the parade's route, but will also be behind the barricades, …