JoAnn Fisher, Donna Reed, Bryan Vaud, and Lou Ann Jacobson (Photos: Michael Donahue)

Wise men and women turned out to buy antiques and to celebrate the holidays at Sheffield’s Christmas Gala, which was held December 5th at the Sheffield Antiques Mall in Collierville, Tennessee.


  • Nick Bare, Gail Sredonja, Patrick Neal, and Caleb Edwards

  • Margaret McCandless,
    Donna Schmidt, and Lisa Akin

  • Joyce Spiecha,
    Joanne Huntsman, and
    Nancy Borne

  • Sissy Criss

  • Santa Mike

This wasn’t one of those cheddar-cheese-and-cherry-tomato events. Fare at this party included turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, and, yes, green bean salad.


  • Rush, Trip Trezevant, and Sloane Trezevant

  • Evon and Max Crow and
    Jeanne Gillis

  • Nina Wingfield, Laura Veesart, 
    and Luanne Gilbert

  • Steven Brooks

  • Helene Eidimtas and
    Laura Trezevant

  • Addison Bray

Santa was there to take wish lists. And entertainment included seasonal and other music to shop to by Jeremy Shrader’s Octocats.


  • Jeremy Shrader’s Octocats

  • Kenneth and Jacqueline Jordan

  • Katie Kalsi, Robin Theismann, and Sherrie Daly

The event was a fundraiser for Toys for Tots and the Page Robbins Adult Day Center. 

Michael Donahue began his career in 1975 at the now-defunct Memphis Press-Scimitar and moved to The Commercial Appeal in 1984, where he wrote about food and dining, music, and covered social events until...