How do I do a mail merge from contacts to Pages?

The old version of Pages allowed a simple mail mail merge with Contacts.  The "What's New in Pages" document says you can still mail merge from Contacts, but I'll be hanged if I can figure out how.  Will someone please tell me how to mail merge from Contacts to Pages?  Otherwise, I've got to learn a new word processor.

There is no built-in mail merge feature with Pages v5. Apple only supports mail merge if you are willing to either create your own AppleScript application or use pre-written AppleScript solutions. Examples are here and here. Pages community discussions about these are here by the developer.
If you are unwilling to do engage in AppleScript, then fall back and use Pages '09 v4.3.

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