Cloggie Queries: How Do Expats Get Through the Holidays?

Welcome to Cloggie Queries! In this new feature, I will be taking questions on expatriatism, the Netherlands, and expatriating to the Netherlands. Got a question? Email it to me at clogsandtulipsblog@gmail.com and I will answer it here on the blog.

Dear Cloggie Queries,
I had all these thoughts about missing home, which is New York for me, throughout the Sinterklaas and Christmas holidays. I'm curious to know what other expat readers think, so I thought I would shoot you an email.
Sometimes I feel guilty for living so far from my parents. Not really homesick for America or having my family close, but just guilty for 'putting them through' this distance.
Just curious to know what you think or if you have a blog post about this that I have missed somewhere. Thanks for all your info!
-Elena Pardo

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