This year will be the last time Manchester's beloved Christmas Markets will be in Albert Square for at least four years.

They need a new home - and council bosses need your help to pick a location.

This is important stuff. December in Manchester just wouldn't be the same without the markets.

We all need our festive fix of pancakes, German sausages and mulled wine in a fancy mug.

Launched in 1989, they were originally held just in St Ann's Square .

(Image: Manchester Evening News)

The markets have since made Albert Square their home, with smaller stalls across the city centre.

But a £13m revamp of the town hall will mean the main market base will need to be elsewhere for at least the next four years.

The council's city centre spokesman Pat Kearney urged Manchester Evening News readers to come up with suggestions.

We've trawled through your Facebook and Twitter and came up with a list of seven contenders.

You can vote for your preferred location below...

poll loading Where should Manchester's Christmas Markets be held? 2000+ VOTES SO FAR Castlefield Bowl Piccadilly Gardens Cathedral Gardens Spinningfields St Ann's Square First Street chock-a-block Regent Road

There is one more very important question - what's next for Manchester's much-loved Christmas mascot Zippy? Where will he sit during the festive period?

How about here?

...maybe not.