Michael Kamp

I'm a proud Dane and we are often considered the "Happiest people on Earth". Danes, apparently, live a life of bliss in The Fairy Tale Nation of H. C. Andersen. This is mostly true, but growing up here in the happy, cold North there was one instance in which I envied my distant US brethren with all my heart. Halloween. As a kid, I saw it in movies and sitcoms. US kids had an entire season devoted to the dark and creepy: A celebration of all things morbid. I was so jealous. My love for the darkness came early, but…