Randi, celebrations are planned all over the world; the theme for the next children's festival in Shanghai this summer is based on H.C.Andersen's tales.
A puppeteer friend of mine, Larry Hunt, helped the mask company Dunkelfolket in Aalborg, Denmark, to create a non-verbal theatrical presentation of H.C.A's The Story of a Mother
I have friends in Copenhagen, I wish I could come and join you all in the festivities.