Joy to the world, chestnuts roasting on an open fire, and jingle bells jangling joyously all over the gaff, for today is December 1st. Today... we're launching our 2011 Abvent Calendar (we're also launching our Annual Awards - The Erics - this evening, so it's quite the momentous occasion). So here's how it works, it's very simple (funny that), every day until December 24th, we will be unveiling a new set of glorious abs every day around lunchtime. Whoever will be crowned king on Christmas Eve?!

Today, because it's launch day (but mainly because we need a minimum of four pictures in any given gallery), we're giving you the presence of amazing Aussie Alex O'Loughlin, Chris Evans, Channing Tatum, and Resident Evil's Boris Kodjoe. We're even presenting them in sultry black and white, 'cause we're classy like that. Yes, the pictures should be essentially be on a tree, but we're not going to be looking at the tree part necessarily, are we, just the trunks - WHA'?!?  Apologies.

Merry Christmas!