This is a simple Christmas story, not some artsy film where up is down and everything you see is a metaphor with a "deep" meaning behind it.
First of all, the Father wasn't abusive at all. He was someone who went though a lot of bad things and for this reason wasn't able to see the beautiful things around him and he didn't have the ability to express himself with words, I assume his wife was the one who handled that part and he had to work. He was stressed about their financial situation and thought he was a failure because he couldn't provide for his family the things they needed.
Secondly, the deer was Santa's, there's no debate about that. It appeared in the middle of the road knowing where it could find Jessie and ask her for help after their first encounter. Then it just disappeared with a bullet in it's leg without making a noise in seconds. No average reindeer would be able to do that without magical powers. Also at the end from the hoof prints you can tell that it didn't fall down from the cliff, because the prints were clean and not messy like when somebody slips before falling down.
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