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INTRO: Bob Camardella Remembers The Cleftones "Heart & Soul" (1961)In Santa Claus Is No Saint (12-24-50), the 'Robin Hood Of Modern Crime' forgoes bow and quiver to don whiskers and a red suit, for the highest of purposes: entertaining tots on Christmas Eve.  The Saint's troubles begin in earnest, however, when "a tot, twenty years later" shows up at his door, armed with a gun and the notion that Simon Templar is actually one 'Fats' Boylen. It seems that Mr. Boylen was hired to play Santa at a society party, but chose to leave early, as did a box of jewellery belonging to the hostess, Carla Worth.The tension in the story comes not from the 'who dunnit' aspects of the tale, as we know all along who 'done it'.  The mystery is who Fats Boylen is working for, who has formed criminal alliances with whom, and whether these alliances will stand the tests of time and greed. The humor in the episode, and there is much, comes from both The Saint's quirky methods of interrogation and investigation, and the comedic r