How to Print Christmas Card Address Labels (Avery 5160)
What to buy
One pack of Avery 5160 labels (or any 30-per-sheet, 1 by 2 5/8 inch label) covers sixty households with two sheets. A self-inking return address stamp saves you from writing your own address sixty times; it's the single best five-dollar purchase of card season.
If you'd rather skip labels, #10 business envelopes take a printed address directly, and most home printers have an envelope setting.
Get the addresses right first
Labels are only as good as the list. Before printing, check for the three usual problems: people who moved this year, households where the names changed (a wedding, a divorce, a kid who moved out), and anyone whose entry is missing a zip code. Fix the list once and every year after is clean.
Print only who's left
The trick most people miss: don't print the whole list. Print the people you haven't mailed yet. If you address twenty cards by hand in the first week and run out of steam, you want labels for the other forty, not a sheet with twenty duplicates.
MerryList's export defaults to not-yet-sent people for exactly this reason, with a switch to include everyone if you want a full set.
Printing from your phone
Generate the PDF, tap Share, pick your printer, and load the label sheet face-side according to your printer's tray diagram (most take labels face down). Print one test page on plain paper first and hold it against the label sheet up to a light to check alignment. Then print the real thing.
What to buy
- Avery 5160 address labels 30 per sheet, the layout MerryList prints to. One pack covers most lists.
- Self-inking return address stamp Skip writing your own address sixty times.
- #10 envelopes If you'd rather print addresses straight onto the envelope.
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FAQ
What size are Avery 5160 labels?
Avery 5160 labels are 1 inch by 2 5/8 inches, 30 per letter-size sheet in three columns of ten. It's the standard address label, and most store-brand "30 per sheet" labels use the same layout.
Can I print address labels from my phone?
Yes. If your app can make a PDF laid out for the label sheet, you can send it to any AirPrint or Wi-Fi printer straight from the share sheet, or email it to yourself and print from a computer.
Are labels tacky on a Christmas card?
Not anymore. A clean label with a real return address stamp looks better than a rushed handwritten envelope, and it means the card actually gets mailed instead of sitting in a stack waiting for a free evening.