Dr. Phillip Kaufman, an eye doctor, looks down the barrel of the NXT Generation CrossBow, which is loaded with homemade ammunition, at his office in Crete, IL, on Thursday, December 13, 2012. It is one of the items on his annual list of dangerous Christmas gifts. The slogan on the box says, "Bring 'Em Up Right." | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Dr. Phillip Kaufman, an eye doctor, shows a contact lens sitting on top of a dart from the NXT Generation CrossBow at his office in Crete, IL, on Thursday, December 13, 2012. It is one of the items on his annual list of dangerous Christmas gifts. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Dr. Phillip Kaufman, an eye doctor, looks over toys he considers dangerous to kids' eyes at his office in Crete, IL, on Thursday, December 13, 2012. He has an annual list of dangerous Christmas gifts. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Dr. Phillip Kaufman, an eye doctor, shows the warning on the barrel of the Daisy BB gun at his office in Crete, IL, on Thursday, December 13, 2012. It is one of the items on his annual list of dangerous Christmas gifts. Joe Murfin, a spokesman for Daisy Outdoor Products, says, "It should not be on the list of toys because it is not sold as a toy; it's a gun." | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Dr. Phillip Kaufman, an eye doctor, holds toys he considers dangerous to kids' eyes at his office in Crete, IL, on Thursday, December 13, 2012. He has an annual list of dangerous Christmas gifts. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Dr. Phillip Kaufman, an eye doctor, holds a helicoptor he considers dangerous to kids' eyes at his office in Crete, IL, on Thursday, December 13, 2012. He has an annual list of dangerous Christmas gifts. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.” That line, made famous in the movie “A Christmas Story,” actually is quite true, according to Crete optometrist Dr. Phillip Kaufman. For each of the past 35 years, Kaufman has compiled a Dangerous Christmas Toy List. And in all …
