In the words of Pedro Pascal, “Daddy is a state of mind” so when thinking of Holiday daddies I wanted to pay tribute to, a lot of different people came to mind. Daddy does not have to mean someone with kids and it doesn’t have to be a man either. It is someone who has embodied the idea of a daddy and run with it. And so in ranking the hottest of holiday daddies, I had to open my mind and my heart to the options.

Here are the hottest holiday daddies ranked and why we love them.