author
Elsie Hobart Carter
1875–1949
A writer remembered for a warm, old-fashioned collection of Christmas plays, she brought holiday feeling to the stage with stories made for children and families. Her surviving work has a simple charm that blends pageantry, kindness, and seasonal imagination.
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Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
by Elsie Hobart Carter
About the author
Elsie Hobart Carter, also listed as Elizabeth "Elsie" Hobart Carter, was born on January 24, 1875, and died on April 16, 1949. Publicly available records connect her with Massachusetts, and she is buried in Newton Cemetery in Newton, Massachusetts.
The work most clearly associated with her today is Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls, published in 1915. Library records and Project Gutenberg listings identify it as a collection of Christmas-themed plays, and it remains the main reason her name is still discoverable for modern readers.
Very little confirmed biographical detail seems to survive online beyond those basic facts. Even so, Christmas Candles suggests a writer interested in children's performance, holiday celebration, and stories meant to be shared aloud, which helps explain why her work still finds a small audience through digital archives and reprints.