Christmas Address Labels

Paste your Christmas card list, pick holly, a tree, an ornament, a star or snowflakes, and print the whole stack on Avery 5160 or any standard sheet.

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Step 1

Your addresses

Open a CSV file

One address per block, with a blank line between them. Pasting straight from Excel or Google Sheets works too, with or without a header row (Name, Address, City, State, ZIP…).

Step 2

The labels

Design
Printer lines up a little off?

Print the alignment test on plain paper first. If everything sits a little to one side, move it here in 1/32-inch steps, then print the test again.

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Step 3

When you print, choose Actual size (or Scale 100%), not “Fit to page”. That is the one setting that decides whether labels line up.

Your addresses never leave this device. The PDF is made right here in your browser.

From card list to addressed envelopes

Keep your list in the free Christmas card list: tick who you're sending to this year, who you've sent, and who sent you one. Its “Make labels” button opens this page with everyone you're sending to already filled in.

Your own address in the corner? Christmas return address labels fill a sheet of Avery 5167 with one address and the same designs.

Printing tips for card season

  1. Add your addresses. Type them with a blank line between each one, paste rows from a spreadsheet, or open a CSV file. The preview shows the real sheet as you go.
  2. Print the alignment test on plain paper. Lay it on top of a label sheet and hold both up to a window: every box should sit on a label. The 3-inch bar at the bottom should measure 3 inches; if it doesn't, the printer is scaling the page.
  3. Print at Actual size. In the print dialog choose “Actual size” (Adobe Reader), “Scale: 100%” or “Default” (Chrome), and turn off “Fit to page” or “Shrink oversized pages”. The PDF is drawn to the exact sheet, so any scaling moves the text.
  4. Load the label sheet the right way up. Check the paper icon on your printer's tray for which side it prints on, and feed one sheet at a time if your printer tends to skew.
  5. Half-used sheet? Set “Start at label” to the first empty label (labels count left to right, top to bottom) and the rest of the sheet gets used first.

Questions

How do I write “the Smith family” on a Christmas card?

Either “The Smith Family” or “The Smiths”. Plural surnames take no apostrophe: the Smiths, the Garcias. Names ending in s, x, z, ch or sh add -es: the Joneses, the Foxes, the Churches. If your list is a spreadsheet with a Last Name column, the label maker can write “The [Last name] Family” for every row.

Can I print Christmas labels from my card list spreadsheet?

Yes. Paste the rows or open the file saved as CSV. Name, address, city, state and ZIP columns are found automatically, even from a Google Contacts export.

Will the colored designs print on an inkjet?

Yes. The holly, tree, ornament and star art are drawn in color and print on any color printer. On a black-and-white laser printer they print in gray, and Plain is the cleanest choice.

What size labels are best for Christmas cards?

Avery 5160 (1" × 2-5/8", 30 per sheet) is the usual address label. For bigger, easier-to-read text use 5161 (1" × 4") or 5162 (1-1/3" × 4").

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