Do You Need Return Address Labels for Christmas Cards?

You’ve picked a favorite photo and found a Christmas card design you love. Now for the finishing touch. A personalized return address label adds a little holiday cheer to the envelope and saves you from writing your address on every card. The label is optional, but including a return address gives the Postal Service a way to send your card baack to you if it can’t be delivered.

Why Use Personalized Christmas Return Address Labels?

A personalized return address label is one of the few details that makes your Christmas cards easier to send and more fun to receive. You get through the stack faster, every envelope looks pulled together, and friends and family get a little hint of the holiday cheer inside before they even open it. Here’s what a sheet of our peel-and-stick labels can do for your Christmas cards.

Take one task off your holiday mailing list. Sending 50 cards? That’s 50 times you can peel and stick instead of writing out your name, street address, city, state, and ZIP code. Use that time to tuck a handwritten note into a few cards.
Make even plain white envelopes look dressed up. You put thought into the photo, the greeting, and the little details that make your Christmas card feel like it came from you. A personalized return address label brings that same care to the envelope. Your name and address look crisp and consistent across the whole stack, and the festive design makes your card feel like a little gift in the mailbox.
Give your holiday mail a signature look. Personalize a design with your family name and use it across your Christmas cards, holiday party invitations, and thank-you notes. A winter motif like snowflakes can carry you right into January.

Create personalized Christmas return address labels.

Where to Put Return Address Labels on Christmas Cards

Place your label in the upper-left corner on the front of the envelope. Keep the recipient’s address near the center and leave the upper-right corner for postage. Before ordering your labels, double-check your street address, apartment or unit number, and ZIP code so they’re ready to peel and stick when it’s time to mail your cards.

See USPS envelope addressing guidelines.

Christmas Return Address Labels vs. Printed Envelopes

Your Christmas card is a little surprise in someone’s mailbox, and the envelope is the first part they see. Every Shutterfly Christmas card order comes with envelopes, so you can dress them up with personalized labels or have us print the addresses before they arrive. You can even do a little of both.

Personalized return address labels give you one more detail to make your own. Choose a design you love, add your name and address, and give the whole stack a festive finish with a quick peel and stick. It’s an easy upgrade for the envelopes you already have, and any extras can bring that same touch to your holiday thank-you notes.

Printed envelopes make a long mailing list feel a lot more manageable. Choose return address printing, recipient address printing, or both when you order your cards. With both printed, you can go straight to stuffing, sealing, and stamping when your order arrives. Shutterfly offers FREE recipient address printing on custom envelopes. Return and recipient address printing are included with custom and pre-lined foil envelopes and available for an additional charge on standard white and colored envelopes.

Explore Shutterfly envelope addressing options.

If you love the look of a festive label but want help with the mailing list, have us print your recipients’ addresses and add your own return address label at home. You’ll still get that personal finishing touch, with one less address to write on every envelope.

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