The shutters have been flung open on the hundreds of wooden huts now lining the city's streets, and the are officially underway.
With sites spreading right across the city centre - including a new location at Piccadilly Gardens - the annual festivities attract thousands of visitors to Manchester every year.
A topic on everyone's lips each year when the markets open is how much food and drink is going to cost you, and if there are any bargains to be found.
We've once again scoped out the main stalls across the city to check out how much beer, mulled wine and bratwurst will set you back.
Don't forget to factor in the £3 deposit for the Christmas Markets mug - you can return the mug to get your money back, or take it home as a souvenir.
If you're planning a trip to the markets this year, click the link below for everything you need to know before you go.
Below are all the prices of the main food and drink items at food and drink stalls across the Christmas Markets.
Albert Square
The Pig and Barrel
Hot chocolate £3; Mulled wine £4; Pint of beer £5
Mawson’s Original
Hot fruity mulled gin £4.50
Clowbeck’s Farmhouse Kitchen
Lager £4.50; mulled wine £4; Cumberland sausage £5.
Mamma Mia
Mulled wine £4; Peroni pint £4.50.
The Mill Albert
Hot chocolate £2.50; large mulled wine £6.
Bavarian Swing Grill
Bratwurst £5; mulled wine £4.50; beer £4.40.
Brook’s Mill
Hot chocolate £3; mulled wine £4.50.
Bar Humbug
Mulled wine £4.50; hot chocolate £3.50.
Zum Lustigen Rudolph
Pint of beer £5; hot chocolate £3; mulled wine £4.50.
Old Windmill House
Pint of lager £4.50; mulled wine with amaretto £5; hot chocolate with cream £3; bratwurst £5.
The Hollies
Mulled wine £4.50; hot chocolate £3.
Delicacies from Luxembourg
Mulled wine £4
King Street
Best Sausage Best
White sausage with herbs £4.50; Kronenbourg £4.50.
The Grumpy Mouse Gin Bar
Hot chocolate £3; mulled wine £4.50.
Le Bistrot Pierre
Mulled wine £5; Kronenbourg £4.50.
St Ann's Square/Exchange Street
HB Munchen
Lager or wheat beer £5 a pint; mulled wine £4.50 mulled wine; mulled wine cocktails (with shots of rum, amaretto etc) £6; alcohol-free punch £3; extra large sausage £5.
Bratwurst
Prices TBC
Winter Berries
Mulled wine £4.50; sparkling prosecco with gin twist £6.50; hot chocolate with Baileys £5; selection of craft beers £5; hot drink with shot of spirit £5; cappuccino or latte £3; tea or espresso £1.50.
New Cathedral Street
The Witch House
German gluhwein with amaretto or brandy £5; Coffee £2 or £4 coffee with brandy or rum; hot chocolate with cream £3 or £5 with Irish cream/brandy/rum/amaretto
Krombacher or German black beer £4.50 a pint; German wheat beer or German cherry beer £5; wine £4; soft drinks £1.50.
Currywurst £5, giant sausage or spicy sausage with onions £4.50, cheese sausage or beef chilli sausage £5.
Bar 3
Smoking gins £6.50; mulled wine £4.50; festive cocktails £6.50; hot chocolate with Baileys £5; hot drinks £3 or £5 with shot of alcohol; £6.50 prosecco with fruity twist.
Exchange Square/The Corn Exchange
German XL Sausage
Sausages £5, beers £4.50 a pint
Elsie May’s
Liqueur hot chocolates and coffees £5.50; coffees £3; tea £2.50; Rose gold shimmer prosecco £6.50; wine £5
Cookie dough from £5; mince pies £1.50
Porky Pig
Yorkshire pudding wraps (one meat £6; daily special £6.50); calzone £6.50; Cumberland rose £7; pigs in blankets £4, battered pigs in blankets £4.50; full carvery to go £7.
Lager, bitter, cider all £4.50 a pint; mulled wine £4.50
De Creperie
Sugar waffles and Dutch mini pancakes from £4.50
The Mill Exchange
Beer £5; mulled wine £4.50 small, £6.50 large; hot chocolate £2.50.
Cathedral Gardens
Windmill Bar
Mulled wine, hot mead or spiced cider £4.50; prosecco £5; prosecco cocktails £6.50; hot drink with shot £5.
Market Street
Melting Pot
Hot chocolate and coffee £3; hot Vimto £3; tea £1.50.
Piccadilly Gardens
Campfire S’mores
Hot chocolate £3, flavoured hot chocolate or marshmallows and cream £3.50 (vegan version also available); freakshakes £5.50; s’mores £5-6.
Buntzels
Buntzel (hot pretzel bread stuffed with a choice of fillings) £5
Eat Greek
Prices TBC
Snow Globe Bar
Prices TBC
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