FORT LORAMIE — It may be hot as blazes this week but there are some people who will be busy pulling Christmas decorations out of their attics.

Inflatable snowmen and Santas will be filled with air, strings of lights will be untangled and tested, and large, plastic candy canes will be dusted.

The people readying all this holiday hoopla are about to celebrate Christmas in July in the Lake Loramie State Park campground, and Marianne and Phil Snider and their sons, Derek, 22, and Jacob, 14, of rural Botkins, are among them.

“It’s fun for the kids,” Phil said. The weekend-long event is one of the most popular at the park and campers must make their reservations six-months in advance in order to get in. This year, Christmas in July will be celebrated, July 21-23 and reservable sites are all booked. Some nonreservable sites and some without electricity are still available. For information, call 937-295-3900.

The Sniders camp that weekend specifically to participate in the holiday program. They have done so since it started, about 10 years ago. Park naturalist Stephanie Moorman noted that she was one of a group who came up with the idea to recreate winter festivities during one of the warmest times of year.

“It was a collaboration of me, Jason (Whitman, park manager) and the camper hosts at the time,” she said.

About 10 to 15 percent of campers decorate their RVs, but many more go to craft sessions, cookie-decorating programs and caroling.

“Santa comes and passes out a treat,” Moorman said. A Christmas movie is shown on a big, outdoor screen.

All the activities are free to campers. The park provides all the craft and cookie supplies.

In 2016, the Sniders won the plaque for having the best campsite decorations.

“We go all out,” Phil said. “One year, Jacob painted a cardboard box to look like a chimney. We put it on the roof of the camper and had a plastic Santa. It looked like he was coming out of it. Sometimes we take big plastic candy canes and make trails around the camper.”

Their huge inflatable snowman and Santa are always part of the display. Jacob and his cousin have been known to hide behind them and make them “talk” when little children walk by.

“They did that for hours,” Marianne said.

“One year, we saved the (December) Christmas tree from the house. I topped it off and we had Charlie Brown’s Christmas (at the lake),” Phil said. Another year, they camped with friends and strung lights between the two RVs, from awning to awning. Sometimes, they play Christmas music on CDs.

The family uses the same decorations every year, but they change how the items are displayed. It’s up to Jacob and Derek to plan the layout.

They don’t map out plans on paper.

“We kind of imagine it,” Jacob said. Then, according to Phil, he and Marianne sit in chairs and let the kids do all the work of putting up the ornamentation.

“We’ve won three times,” Marianne said. “It’s nice because they give you a free night’s stay.”

As fun as Christmas in midsummer is, the Sniders like Halloween at the park even more. Their decorations for that holiday include pumpkins, witches, and one year, a fog machine.

Another time, they dressed in costumes and performed a skit in their yard. A friend loaned them plastic body parts, like arms, to use, and the family wore Freddy Krueger masks. Krueger was a character in the horror movie series, “Nightmare on Elm Street.”

“We had a kid on the table with fake blood all over him. We had a chain saw that we took the blade off of,” Marianne said.

“We’d pretend to cut off an arm and throw it at the kids. They’d yell and run,” Phil laughed.

According to Moorman, the park celebrates Halloween over two weekends in the middle of October. In addition to the decorating competition, there are pumpkin-painting activities, costume contests for children and pets and trick-or-treating.

Fourth of July campers look forward to a children’s bike parade each year.

“We provided streamers and ribbons to decorate with. There’s at least 30 kids who go on this bike ride (through the park). It’s amazing how something so simple can be so popular,” Moorman said.