New Christmas tradition? “Every child must be made aware.” Many Christmas traditions are being pushed aside by fears and indifference and governors telling us to stay apart. This one remains.

A September 11 miracle was recorded on September 11, 1977, as an old and new song — and artists from completely different worlds came together as one.

The bridge uniting generations and genres. I was 12 when I saw Bing Crosby’s last Christmas special taped just before he died in October 1977. Bing, the first singing superstar, was 73, joined by David Bowie, then 30. Between the two of them, nearly everyone living loved one or both.

It became a blockbuster single in 1982, teaching us “every child must be made aware. Every child must be made to care.’’ The “Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy’’ medley goes viral every year with a message perfectly timed for today:

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